---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-031499"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CECO"
cik: "0000003197"
company_name: "CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-07-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T12:55:13.219396+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CECO Environmental names Kiril Kovachev as new Chief Accounting Officer effective Sept 1

## Summary
- Paul Gohr to step down as Chief Accounting Officer effective August 31, 2023; will receive severance.
- Kiril Kovachev appointed CAO effective September 1, 2023; previously Senior Director at Lennox International.
- Kovachev base salary $255,000/year, annual incentive target 40% of wages, and $100,000 in annual RSUs.
- Kovachev receives a $75,000 initial cash bonus (repayable if voluntarily terminated within 12 months).
- Kovachev will participate in the Executive Change in Control Severance Plan as Tier II participant.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-031499
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CECO
- cik: 0000003197
- company_name: CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-07-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3197/000095017023031499/0000950170-23-031499-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3197/000095017023031499/ceco-20230629.htm

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